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aia chooses 2009 honor award projects

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 25 projects for its 2009 AIA Institute Honor Awards, which recognize works of excellence in architecture, interior architecture, and urban design. Recipients will be honored at the AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition in San Francisco in April.

Nine projects, ranging from cathedrals to residences, were chosen for the 2009 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture. The residential winners are:

Residential—

Plaza Apartments, San Francisco—by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects and Paulett Taggart Architects, both of San Francisco. A 106-unit, sustainably designed, mixed-use building providing permanent housing for the chronically homeless as part of a pilot project of the city's Housing First program.

Salt Point House, Salt Point, N.Y.—by Thomas Phifer and Partners of New York City. A 2,200-square-foot house constructed with efficient and economical materials and situated on a meadow to take advantage of prevailing summer breezes.

Nonresidential—

Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore—by John G. Waite Associates, Architects of New York City and Albany, N.Y.

Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, Calif.—by the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Horno3: Museo del Acero, Monterey, Mexico—by the New York City office of Grimshaw Architects

The Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life, New Orleans—by VJAA of Minneapolis

The New York Times Building, New York City—by the Genova, Italy, office of Renzo Piano Building Workshop and FXFOWLE Architects of New York City
The 10 winning projects of the 2009 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture are:

Residential—

Jigsaw, Washington, D.C.—by David Jameson Architect of Alexandria, Va. Interior spaces in this recycled single-story suburban house flow into each other around an open courtyard; puzzlelike spaces and stories interlock.

Town House, Washington, D.C.—by Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, of Alexandria, Va. The complete renovation of a more than century-old town house yielded a floor opening spanned by bridges, skylights, and a blending of modern and traditional materials and finishes.

Nonresidential—

Barclays Global Investors Headquarters, San Francisco—by the San Francisco office of STUDIOS Architecture

Chronicle Books, San Francisco—by Mark Cavagnero Associates of San Francisco

The Heckscher Foundation for Children, New York City—by Christoff:Finio architecture of New York City

R.C. Hedreen, Seattle—by NBBJ of Seattle

School of American Ballet, New York City—by Diller Scofidio + Renfro Of New York City

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York City—by Lyn Rice Architects of New York City

World Headquarters for IFAW, Yarmouth Port, Mass.—by designLAB Architects of Boston
The six recipients of the 2009 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design are:

Residential—

Between Neighborhood Watershed and Home, Fayetteville, Ark.—by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center. A 43-unit Habitat for Humanity project in the pilot LEED for Neighborhood Development program being built for $60 per square foot, plus infrastructure costs. The project, known as Porchscapes, also is a Low Impact Development funded under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Section 319 program for Nonpoint Source Pollution.